Презентация diseases

Health, Illness and Disease

• Pain feeling in your body when you have been hurt or when you are ill, sick • Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her neck, shoulder, waist, arm, leg, stomach. • Take an aspirin to relieve the pain.

• Ache continuous pain; feel a continuous pain • I can’t sleep because my head aches too bad. • I have a terrible headache, backache, stomach-ache.

• Ill suffering from an illness or disease; not feeling well; sick • My elder sister is seriously ill in St John’s hospital. • The children started to feel ill an hour after the meal.

• Sick physically or mentally ill; wanting to vomit • I feel very sick , I don’t think I can work today. • Be careful with the cake, too much of it can make you sick.

• Sore painful (and often red) because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much • I have a sore throat, I mustn’t take that cold drink. • She says her stomach is still sore after the operation. • His feet were sore after the bicycle trip.

• Illness the state of being physically or mentally ill • Our secretary missed a lot of work through illness last month. • Flu can be a serious illness if you aren’t careful enough.

• Disease serious illness, often caused by infection • Peter’s uncle suffers from a rare blood disease. • A fatty diet increases the risk of heart disease. • The government is planning further health measures to prevent the spread of disease.

• Heal become healthy again; make something, somebody healthy again, make somebody feel happy again • As I see it will take a long time for your wounds to heal. • This ointment will help to heal your scratches. • The tea you made really healed me.

• Cure make somebody or something healthy again after an illness; make an illness go away • He was seriously ill for a long time, but the doctor cured him at last. • Scarlet fever is a serious illness, but it can be cured fairly fast. • Cure medicine or medical treatment that cures an illness; the act of curing or the process of being cured • There is no known cure for this illness but the it can be treated. • I’m afraid you must be taken to hospital for the cure.

• Treat give medical care or attention to somebody or something; deal with something or somebody • I was treated for flu, but later I was diagnosed with pneumonia. • This illness is usually treated with antibiotics and a strict diet. .

Treatment (the way or process of) curing an illness or injury or making somebody look and feel good; the way of dealing with something or somebody • Doctors apply various treatments for this illness. • My sister goes to a wellness centre to receive beauty treatments.

• Diagnose define what an illness or the cause of a problem is • The blood test is used to diagnose all kinds of diseases. • She was diagnosed (as) (a) diabetic in her early childhood.

• Diagnosis medical description of an illness or condition • The doctors didn’t share every detail of the diagnosis with the patient’s family. • We had to wait a lot for the exact diagnosis after the examination.

• Injury harm done to the body, for example in an accident • They were lucky to escape the fight without serious injuries. • There were only minor injuries in the crash.

• Injure harm somebody or yourself physically, especially in an accident, receive/suffer an injury • He injured his finger when he was cutting the meat. • Nobody was killed in the accident, but two people were seriously injured.

• Wound an injury to part of the body, especially one in which a hole is made in the skin • He died from the wounds that he had received in the crash. • He was taken to hospital although his wounds didn’t seem too serious.

• Cut a wound caused by something sharp • He had such a deep cut on his arm that he was taken to hospital. • The victim had several cuts on his chest, still he survived.

• Bruise a blue, brown or purple mark on the skin after somebody has fallen • He was covered in bruises at the end of the football match. • The man came to the surgery with a huge bruise over his eye.

• Scratch rub your skin with your nails, usually because it’s itching; a mark or a small cut or injury made by scratching • The cat continuously scratched itself behind the ear. • She had a long scratch on her arm when she came out of the rose garden.

• Infection illness caused by bacteria or a virus; the act or process of causing or getting a disease • Wash your hands carefully to decrease the risk of infection. • She almost died from blood infection.

• Inflammation a condition when a part of the body becomes red, sore and swollen because of infection or injury • My knee was twice the size of the other one due to the inflammation. • You had better not eat fatty food so soon after your stomach inflammation.

• Symptom a change in your body or mind that shows that you are not healthy • You don’t necessarily need a doctor with symptoms like a headache or sore throat. • Depression cause physical symptoms , too.

• Temperature the measurement of how hot your body is • have a temperature – when your temperature is higher than normal due to illness • I feel so weak, I think I have a temperature. • She had such a high temperature that she was immediately taken to hospital.

• Fever a medical condition in which someone has a temperature that is higher than normal; a particular type of disease with high temperature • Did you take aspirin to reduce the fever ? • Our daughter has been diagnosed with scarlet fever.

• Cold illness affecting the nose and/or throat, making you cough and/or sneeze • I think I caught a cold on the ice rink yesterday. • She can’t come to school, she’s in bed with a cold.

• Flu a very bad cold, an infectious disease with fever, pains and weakness • Please don’t visit us this week, the whole family has the flu. • If you’re not careful enough and you don’t take antibiotics, you may even die from the flu.

• Vomit discharge stomach contents through the mouth • There must have been something wrong with the food as both children vomited shortly after the meal. • I’m afraid I’m pregnant; I vomit after getting up every morning.

• Medicine a substance that you drink or swallow so as to cure an illness • You look so pale. Haven’t you taken your medicine this morning? • The doctor prescribed three kinds of medicine for me.

• Antibiotics medicine that kills bacteria and cures infections • My mum’s throat infection went away after she started the antibiotics. • Hot tea won’t be enough to cure your flu, I think you also need antibiotics.

• pain killer kind of medicine that takes away some or all of the discomfort of an illness or injury • I had such a horrible headache last night that I took two pain killers. • She says she doesn’t think it’s a good idea to take pain killers too often.

• Blood pressure the rate at which blood flows through the body • Drink some coffee if you feel your blood pressure is too low. • High blood pressure increases the risk of having a heart attack.

• Pulse the regular beat of blood as it is sent around the body • The doctor started the examination with taking my pulse and blood pressure. • He has such a weak pulse that it’s hard to feel.

• X-ray a photograph of a somebody’s bones and organs • They took x-rays of my knee to make sure it wasn’t broken. • The doctor says that the x-ray has proved his suspicion of cancer, but I don’t believe him.

• Patient a person staying in a hospital or medical facility • The doctor examined the patient very carefully but he didn’t find any disorder. • There were so many patients in the doctor’s surgery that I didn’t wait and I went home.

• Surgery a place where a doctor or dentist sees patients; medical treatment of injuries or diseases involving cutting open somebody’s body • I wanted to see a doctor but the surgery was closed. • I hope they can cure me with medicine and I don’t need undergo surgery.

• Operation cutting open a part of somebody’s body in order to remove or cure a part • The operation was successful but the patient died. • The doctor says I can hardly escape an operation.

• Operate on somebody (for something) cut open a part of somebody’s body in order to remove or cure a part • He soon recovered after he was operated on for appendicitis. • The doctor ordered to take my brother to hospital and they will operate on him tomorrow. • Operating theatre a room in a hospital used for medical operations • The patient died on the way to the operating theatre. • She felt nervous as she looked round the operating theatre.

• Chemist’s (shop) a shop where medicine is sold • The doctor suggested to go to the chemist’s for the medicine straight from the surgery. • This syrup is also sold in the supermarket, so you don’t need to go to the chemist’s.

• Prescription an official piece of paper filled out by a doctor with which you can get medicine from a chemist’s shop • Unfortunately, the doctor forgot to sign the prescription and so the chemist refused to give me the medicine. • Keep this prescription even though you don’t need the medicine now; you may need it later.

• Medical Specialists List • Allergist: treats food and environmental allergies Anaesthesiologist: provides pain prevention during surgery Cardiologist: heart specialist Dentist: tooth specialist Dermatologist: skin specialist Gynecologist: specializes in women’s needs Midwife: helps women deliver babies Neurologist: brain specialist Oncologist: tumour specialist Ophthalmologist: deals with eye diseases Pediatrician: treats babies and children Physical therapist: specializes in the body’s movement Psychiatrist: mental health specialist Radiologist: specializes in imaging tests (x-ray, etc. )